apostolic
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Hellenic *stéľľō Ancient Greek στέλλω (stéllō) Ancient Greek ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πόστολος (ăpóstolos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἀποστολῐκός (apostolĭkós)bor. Latin apostolicuslbor. English apostolic Learned borrowing from Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”).
- derived from ἀποστολικός
- learned borrowing from apostolicus
Definitions
Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching
Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
- an apostolic mission
- Chapter 3 demonstrated that high churchmen perceived the Church of England to be a visible society and a member of the one holy catholic and apostolic church, though they particularly emphasized the apostolicity of the church.
According to the doctrines of the apostles
According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
- apostolic faith or practice
Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy
Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
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Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
A member of the Apostolici.
Alternative letter-case form of apostolic
The neighborhood
Derived
apostolic age, apostolically, apostolic church, apostolic constitution, apostolic exhortation, apostolic father, apostolicism, apostolicity, apostolic letter, apostolicness, apostolic poverty, apostolic prefect, apostolic see, apostolic succession, apostolic visitor, isapostolic, nonapostolic, subapostolic, unapostolic, vicar apostolic
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at apostolic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at apostolic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at apostolic
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA